Police News

* A local teenager is to appear Monday in Manchester Superior Court on charges of engaging police in a pursuit when they tried to pull him over on an unregistered motorcycle, police said.

An officer tried to stop the vehicle as it proceeded north on Naubuc Avenue about 4:00 p.m. Monday, but the driver turned onto Pointe Road and sped up, police said. A brief pursuit ensued; the motorcycle had to stop at the closed gate at the end of the road, police said.

Frederick Joslin Jr., 16, of 1796 Main St., was charged with reckless driving, engaging police in pursuit, operating an unregistered vehicle, operating a motorcycle without a license, failure to carry insurance, and improper passenger on a motorcycle, police said.

He was released on a $2,500 non- surety bond. No information was available on the passenger.

* A local man was charged Monday with violating a protective order, police said.

Gary Kean Jr., 28, formerly of 266 Naubuc Ave., was found in the front yard of that home Monday despite a court-issued protective order to stay away from the area and the current resident, police said.

He was charged with criminal violation of a protective order, and sent to Manchester Superior Court on Tuesday for arraignment.

* A Hartford man was arraigned Monday on charges stemming from a previous arrest in Glastonbury, police said.

John Preston, 33, of 22 Zion St., was charged with second-degree forgery and interfering with police. He is accused of using a false identity when he was arrested recently on a larceny charge, police said.

He was being held by the Department of Correction on other charges, and was returned to the department's custody after his arraignment Monday in Manchester Superior Court on the new charges.